Furrow-filler and cultivator.



G. JEFFREY.

FURROW FILLER AND CULTIVATOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23,1917.

Patented Jan. 22, 1918.

LQIQW GQQI IN V4279 70W GEORGE JEFFREY, on IRVINE, CALIFORNIA.

FUBROW -FI EILER AND GULTIVATOR.

Application filed July 23, 1917.

of my invention; as seen looking in the di rection indicated by the arrow -1- in Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 isa top plan view asindieated-hy the arrow 2' in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective of one of the cultivator units removed' from the carriage.

Fig; l is an enlarged fragmentary per spectivesho wing the} joint i for mounting the" cultivator units-in the carriage;

The front axle/1-has tractionivheels'2 and 3 upon its" ends. Thec'arriage frame bars 4:

and 5 are mounted at their forward ends upon the" axle 1', said hars extending hackvvardljy in parallel positions to" pointsheyo'nd the cultivator units and then. the portions 6 and 7 extend inwardly and back- War'tllyt'o [near the-transverse center, and the portions 8 and 9' extend haekvvardly from the inner ends 1 of the portions 6 and 7, and

are fixed to thecasterhearing10. The caster" 1*1 a vertical stem 12' extending through the hearing for supporting" the rear end of the frame. A platform 13 iss'ecured-hetweentheportions 8 and 9and supports the drivewsseatie Bearing blocks 16 and 17 are" mounted upon the extreme rear ends of the parallel portions of the bars 4 and 5, an'd a rockshaft 18 is mounted in these bearingstransverse-1y of the machine;- The hand le'ver mechanism 19 is fixed upenth'e endof the shaft 18 andcotiperates with the rack 20 fixed upon the frame to hold the rockshaft 18" an adjustedpasniom A crank arm 21 is fixed upon the shaft 18 near the center and extends forwardly at an angle to the handle of the hand-lever mechanism 19.

Blocks 22 and 23 are fixed upon the axle l and equally spaced from the center. Lift- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. as rare.

Serial No. 182,231.

ing levers 24 and 25 are connected to the blocks 22 and 23 by pivot bolts 26*and27 and extend hackivardlv parallel to each other and parallel to the side framesd and 5, and the rear ends of the levers 24% 51116125 are rigidly connected by a bar 28. A post 29 is rigidly fixed at the center of the bai 28'and extends upwardly and h a series-of transverse bolt holes 30; An adjusting'holt 81" is mounted through the forward end of the arm 21 and through a desired-one of theholt holesElO so as to connect the lifting levers 24 and 25 to the hand-lever mechanism 19 sotliat the rear ends of thelevers may he raised or lowered and held. in adjusted position by manipulating the hand-lever. k

Bars 32 and 33- are placed transversely of the levers 24: and25, one bar below the levers andone bar on top, and said bars are adjustahly clamped upon the levers by bolts 34, so that by loosening the bolts the'hars may he moved forwardly or hackw ardly upon the levers.- Clamping plates 35 and 36 are placed vertically against the frontedges of the ends of the bars and 33, and the shanks 37 and 38' of the cultivatorunits 39 and 4G areplaced vertically against there-air edges-of the lJELTS dIlCl U-holts 41 and" 4-2 are inserted straddle of the shanks hetiveenthe hers, through the clamping plates -and nuts 43 placed upon. the forward ends'of the" U- holts so as to clamp the shanks rigidly in place.

Hounds-414 and 455 extend fer'wardly a r-id inwardly 'f-romthe blocks22andQZBand-their" forward onds are rigidly secured together endear-1 y aclevis eldfor there'eeption of a swingle-t'reeor double tree for pullingthe cultivator. v

The units 39 and are duplicates and: each unit isjeonstructed asshown in detail in Fig. 3; The shoverba'rse'r, 48 a'nd 49 are rectangular in cross-section and are vertically mounted edgewise. The fovvard ends of the bars have vertical bearings 50, 51- and 52', and hinge plates 53 and 54 are placed above" and below the-hearings and hingepins 55 are inserted and fixed to lleld tlle lates 53 and 54 together and to hold the bars pivotallyfconneeted at their forward ends: The adjusting bars 56 and 57 are connected at their outer ends to the bars 47 and 49 near their rear ends by pivots 58 and 59. The

7 through a bearing in the bar 48 and through a central portion.

7 4.8, and a pivot pin 69 is fixed in place to the slots and has a nut upon its upper endso that when the nut is loosened the rear ends of the bars 47 and 49 may be moved to or from the bar 48 and when the nut is tightened the bars areheld in rigid relation to each other, as required to form an A-shaped cultivator frame.

U-bolt clamps 62 are located along the bars 47 and 49, preferably upon their outer sides, and a similar clamp 63 is located at the rear end of the bar 48. The cultivator shovels 64 have shanks 65 extending through the clamps 62 and the clamp 63 and notches 66 are distributed along the shanks to be engaged by the U-bolts so that the clamps may be loosened and the shanks may be moved up or down through the clamps and then the clamps tightened to hold the shanks rigidly in place relative to their bars. The shovels 64 are formed upon bothends of the shank 65 so that they may be reversed. If the unit is traveling straddle of the furrow, the shovels upon one bar will be set to face the shovels upon the other bar so .as to throw the dirt inwardly to fill the furrow.

The upper end of the shank 38 is normally vertical. The intermediate portion 67 is an O G curve, and the lower portion 68 is'inclined forwardly and backwardly from the The lower portion 68 is bifurcated to straddle the center of the bar hinge the shank to the bar. Adjustable braces 70 and 71 are pivoted to the bar 48 forwardly and backwardly of the pivot 69 and extend upwardly and are adjustably connected to the central portion 67 by a removable bolt 72, there being a series of bolt holes 73 in said braces and a series of bolt holes 74 in the bar 48. By removing the bolt 72 the shank 38 may be tipped forwardly' or backwardly and the bolt reinserted through the proper hole to fix the shank in the desired adjusted position. This adjustment may also be varied by removing the bolts -75at the lower ends of the braces and inserting them through the desired ones of the bolt holes 74. Adjusting the shanks 37 and 38 upon the cultivator frames serves to adjust the cultivator units relative to the Copies ofthis'petent may be obtained for .The operation is obvious.

The details of construction may be varied in many ways without departing from the spirit of my invention as set up in the following claims.

I claim:

1. In a cultivator, a front axle, a frame mounted at its front end upon the axle, a caster under the rear end of the frame, lifting levers pivoted in the frame at their forward ends and rigidly connected at their rear ends, a rock-shaft mounted transversely at the rear of the frame, a hand-lever mechanism for operating the rock-shaft, a Crankarm connecting the rock-shaft to the bar connecting the rear ends of the lifting levers, a bar construction mounted transversely upon the central portions of the lifting levers and adapted for adjustment longi' tudinally of the lifting levers, and cultivator units adjustably connected to the ends of the bar construction.

2. A cultivator unit comprising two side bars and a central longitudinal bar, shovels carried by the side bars, a shank pivotally connected to the center of the longitudinal bar, and diagonal braces connecting the central portion of the shank forwardly and backwardly to the bar and having a plurality of bolt holes so that the angle of the shank may be adjusted relative to the bar.

3. A cultivator comprising a carriage, a lifting lever pivotally mounted at the forward end of said carriage for vertical swinging movement, adjustable means for raising and lowering the rear end of the lifting lever, a pair of parallel bars secured transversely of the lifting lever, cultivator units adapted to be supported by the bars. and

clamping means for securing said units in vertical and horizontal adjustment in relation to said bars.

4. A cultivator comprising a carriage, a. lifting lever pivotally mounted at the forward end of said carriage for vertical swinging movement, adjustable means for raising and lowering the rear end of the lifting lever, a pair of parallel bars secured transversely of the lifting lever, cultivator units adapted to be supported by the bars, clamping means for securing said units in vertical and horizontal adjustment in relation to said bars, and means for separately and adjustably disposing the units at various angles to the horizontal.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

GEORGE JEFFREY.

five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

